Tornadoes that swept through places like Tuscaloosa, Ala. have filled animal shelters with family pets. Dogs and cats are stressed from the storm, and so are owners looking for their animals. (May 9) Read full article >> Storm survivors are just beginning to get over the initial shock of having lived through the deadliest cluster of tornadoes since the Depression. A small army of therapists has been sent to hard-hit areas throughout Alabama, setting up shop in mental health centers and emergency shelters and heading out to ruined neighborhoods to help people cope with the loss of loved ones, the destruction of homes and possessions, and the monumental task of rebuilding. Baugh's agency and the University of Alabama are temporarily offering free crisis counseling at Bryce Hospital and other locations in hard-hit Tuscaloosa, staffed by university faculty and graduate students. Community- based mental health centers throughout Alabama, meanwhile, have been authorized to hire as many temporary counselors as they need, with the federal government picking up the tab. Last week, a Red Cross mental health team toured hard-hit areas in the Birmingham area, ready to lend a sympathetic ear and comforting words. Most people in the devastated Pratt City section of Birmingham also seemed to be holding up well, comforted, perhaps, by the overwhelming presence of relief workers, police and National Guard, insurance adjusters, utility workers and Samaritans bearing food, water and supplies. [...] ... The death toll from the catastrophic tornadoes in the South has climbed to more than 340, with thousands injured, homeless, without power or clean w… Another local weather emergency makes national headlines. > The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado struck the airport, and it was conducting a survey of other possible tornadoes, forecaster Scott Truett told CNN. The region was receiving more rainfall Saturday. > > A … The tornadoes ripped through the heart of the Bible belt, so you knew what was coming in the mainstream coverage -- Godtalk. There simply isn't a way for reporters, even elite reporters, to talk to ordinary Americans under tragic circumstances without eternal issues coming up. Read more on Jennings, the _Times_ and tornadoes… BONNETSVILLE, North Carolina (AP) — Shards of glass from old bottles and furniture smashed by a tornado that tore through town littered the concrete floor of Rhonda Carter's antique store, shattering her plans to open an auction house in nearby Salemburg. From remote rural communities to the state's second-largest city, thousands of residents hit by the worst tornado outbreak in nearly 30 years were clearing away rubble and debris, repairing power lines and facing a recovery that will cost tens of millions of dollars. President Barack Obama declared a major disaster Tuesday for 18 counties in North Carolina after Gov. Beverly Perdue asked the president and to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for help, seeking low-interest loans for farmers and loans and grants to help others repair their homes and businesses. "In the blink of an eye, so many people have been plunged into grief and crisis," said Preston Parrish, executive vice president of ministry at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which dispatched its disaster-response teams to four areas of the state. Charities, religious groups and emergency shelters sprang into action, offering their services to residents well-versed in disasters like hurricanes, who suddenly found themselves in ... BONNETSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Shards of glass from old bottles and furniture smashed by a tornado that tore through town littered the concrete floor of Rhonda Carter's antique store, shattering her plans to open an auction house in nearby Salemburg. From remote rural communities to the state's second- largest city, thousands of residents hit by the worst tornado outbreak in nearly 30 years were clearing away rubble and debris, repairing power lines and facing a recovery that will cost tens of millions of dollars. "In the blink of an eye, so many people have been plunged into grief and crisis," said Preston Parrish, executive vice president of ministry at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which dispatched its disaster-response teams to four areas of the state. Charities, religious groups and emergency shelters sprang into action, offering their services to residents well-versed in disasters like hurricanes, who suddenly found themselves in the path of a very different type of storm. Statewide, costs will likely be at least in the tens of millions because the weather raged through densely populated cities, trashing homes, businesses and public buildings. Employees in Wake County, where Raleigh is located, estimated Monday that local ... Tens of thousands stock up on food and hunker down in shelters ahead of Cyclone Yasi. With gusts of 186 mph, it's the strongest storm to hit the area in almost a century. Tens of thousands of Australians stocked up on food and hunkered in sturdy shelters Wednesday as a monster cyclone approached the northeast coast with furious winds, rains and surging seas on a scale unseen there in generations. Thousands of residents in Queensland have been warned to 'get out now' with the category 5 storm due to hit in the coming hours Tens of thousands of Australians have fled their homes, as Cyclone Yasi - predicted to be the worst in Australia's history, nears the Queensland coast. Many residents have also stocked up on food and hunkered down in shelters to protect themselves from the forecast of furious winds, rains and surging seas on a scale unseen there in generations. Cyclone Yasi was upgraded overnight to a category five storm – the highest possible, and is due to hit near Cairns at about midnight local time. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said the last cyclone of such strength to cross Queensland was in 1918 and advised residents to "get out now". "It's such a big storm it's a monster, killer storm," she said. "This impact is likely to be more life threatening than any experienced during recent generations." She warned that the next 24 hours will see extremely dangerous conditions. "We are facing a storm of catastrophic proportions in a highly populated area," she said. "All aspects of this cyclone are going to be terrifying ... The American Red Cross is on the ground in 19 states, offering food, comfort and a safe place to stay to people affected by the massive winter storm which has buried the country in ice and snow from the Rocky Mountains to Maine. As of midnight last night, 73 shelters were open in nine states with additional shelters on standby as the storm system moves to the Northeast. To find an open Red Cross shelter, people can visit redcross.org and click on 'Find a Shelter'. People can also contact their emergency management office for help locating a shelter... Police were forced to turn people away from some shelters which were already full as 'monster storm' moves closer.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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